US3608497A - Tamping and levelling machine - Google Patents

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US3608497A
US3608497A US802157A US3608497DA US3608497A US 3608497 A US3608497 A US 3608497A US 802157 A US802157 A US 802157A US 3608497D A US3608497D A US 3608497DA US 3608497 A US3608497 A US 3608497A
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
    • E01B—PERMANENT WAY; PERMANENT-WAY TOOLS; MACHINES FOR MAKING RAILWAYS OF ALL KINDS
    • E01B29/00—Laying, rebuilding, or taking-up tracks; Tools or machines therefor
    • E01B29/04—Lifting or levelling of tracks
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    • E01B—PERMANENT WAY; PERMANENT-WAY TOOLS; MACHINES FOR MAKING RAILWAYS OF ALL KINDS
    • E01B35/00—Applications of measuring apparatus or devices for track-building purposes
    • E01B35/02—Applications of measuring apparatus or devices for track-building purposes for spacing, for cross levelling; for laying-out curves
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    • E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
    • E01B—PERMANENT WAY; PERMANENT-WAY TOOLS; MACHINES FOR MAKING RAILWAYS OF ALL KINDS
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  • the reference system includes a beam transmitter and a pair of beam receivers associated with one or both track rails.
  • a pair of masking boards is associated with the receivers for masking a portion of the beam, the respective upper and lower edges of the boards facing towards each other and preferably being aligned.
  • Fluid-operated track-lifting means is controlled by signals from the receivers which depend on the beam portion or intensity received thereby as the boards enter into the beam path during the track-lifting operation.
  • the present invention relates to a mobile track tamping and levelling machine mounted on the track rails for movement in a working direction during a track-grading operation.
  • Conventional machines of this general type may comprise a reference system for detecting and controlling the level of the track, which system includes a beam transmitter means and a beam receiver means spaced apart in the direction of track elongation. A beam transmitted by the transmitter means is received by the receiver means, and the axis of the beam constitutes a reference line in respect of which the track is lifted.
  • Such reference systems further include a masking board means supported on a track section to be levelled and vertically moving therewith during levelling for entering into the path of, and interfering with, the beam so as to mask the same.
  • a fluid pressure, preferably hydraulically, operated track-lifting means is mounted in the range of the masking board means in such machines.
  • a pair of masking I boards is associated with the pair of receivers for masking a portion of the beam, one of the masking boards having a horizontally extending upper edge and the other masking board having a horizontally extending lower edge, the edges facing towards each other and preferably being in alignment. Upward movement of the masking boards during track levelling will cause one masking board gradually to mask the portion of the beam associated with one of the receivers while the other masking board will gradually move out of the path of the portion of the beam associated with the other receiver.
  • the position of the receivers and of the transmitter may be reversed without changing the functioning of the system.
  • this is not essential for the invention as long as two receivers responsive to a beam or like radiated energy produce a control signal or pulse and two beam-masking boards associated with the two receivers and vertically moving with the track during a levelling operation interfere with the beam.
  • the control signals or pulses are functions of the radiated energy measured at these receivers and control the operation of the track-lifting means, one of the receivers emitting a-control signal designed to lift the track and the other receiver emitting a control signal designed to brake, stop or reverse the track lifting.
  • the two masking boards of this invention to together indicate the desired track level and control the lifting stroke to attain this level, it is preferred for the upper edge of one board and the lower edge of the other board to be in horizontal alignment.
  • Each of the beam receivers emits a control signal controlling the fluid pressure operating the track-lifting means, according to one feature of the invention.
  • the control signal of the beam receiver whose upper edge moves into the beam path operates the lifting means to lift the track,
  • the beam receivers are constituted by beam intensity meters or are connected to such meters so that a common control pulse dependent on the difference between the received beam intensities may be used as control signal for the lifting operation.
  • this control signal will control the pressure in the two hydraulic cylinder chambers of the motor used to effectuate the lifting in direct proportion to the two beam intensities at the receivers.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic side elevational view of a mobile track tamping and levelling machine incorporating a reference system for detecting and controlling the track-lifting operamm;
  • FIG. 2a, 2b and 2c are top views of such a machine showing three embodiments of a reference system arrangement according to this invention
  • FIG. 3 is an enlarged front view of the machine of FIG. 2a, showing only the track-lifting means and the associated reference system;
  • FIGS. 4 to 6 are enlarged front views of the masking boards and associated receivers of a modified embodiment, showing three different positions during the levelling operation;
  • FIG. 6a is similar to FIG. 6 but shows a different embodiment of a pair of masking boards.
  • FIG. 1 there is seen a generally conventional mobile track tamping and levelling machine mounted on the track rails 6, 6 for movement in a working direction i.e. towards the left.
  • a machine includes a frame 1 running with its front and rear running gears 2, 2 on a previously graded track section 3.
  • the frame includes a portion extending forwardly of the front running gear and overhanging a track section 3 to be levelled, this frame portion holding the vertically movable ballast-tamping means 4 and mounting in front the track-lifting means 5.
  • the track-lifting means includes a pair of hydraulic motors 5, 5 each including a cylinder and a piston glidably mounted therein, the piston dividing the cylinder interior into two chambers, at least one of which receives hydraulic fluid.
  • the piston rods of the motors are attached to frames for the twin double-roller sets 7, 7 which, when closed, grip the rails 6, 6' under the railhead.
  • this known lifting unit pulls up the rails gripped from underneath at two points by the roller clamps. After completion of the lifting operation, the machine can be moved on while the roller clamps remain continuously pressed under low pressure to the lower edge of the railhead.
  • the ungraded track section 3 is to be levelled in relation to track section 3 but, due to inertia of the valves in the hydraulic circuit of the lifting unit and/or other reasons, it frequently occurs that the track is lifted too high, as indicated by the chain-dotted line 3".
  • All the above structures are known, as is the reference system for controlling the levelling operation and which includes a beam transmitter member 11 and a beam receiver member 14, these members being spaced in the direction of track elongation.
  • a beam 9 is transmitted from beam transmitter II to beam receiver 14 and the axis of the beam con stitutes a reference line or may define a reference plane in respect of which the track is levelled.
  • the beam transmitter is mounted on front buggy I and the beam receiver is mounted rearwardly of the receiver in the working direction of the machine, the beam receiver being supported on the track rail with which it is associated in the graded section of the track.
  • a masking board means 12 is supported by carrier rod 13 on the track section to be levelled and vertically moves with this track section during levelling for entering into the path of beam 9 and masking the same.
  • the receiver produces a corresponding control signal, i.e. a pulse which controls the hydraulic fluid flow into the hydraulic motors of the lifting unit.
  • the control signal may depend on the intensity of the beam received.
  • the masking board means comprises a pair of masking boards 12', 12" and a pair of horizontally adjacent beam receivers 14', I4" is provided for the beam transmitter 11.
  • Each of the masking boards is associated with one of the receivers for masking a portion of the beam received from the transmitter.
  • complementary masking boards 15" are mounted fixedly in front of the beam receivers 14 14" and arranged to mask that portion of the receivers which is not masked by the moving masking boards 12' 12" when they are in the position indicating the desired track level, as will be explained more fully hereinafter, i.e. the receiver portions which do not receive any beam portion exciting a control signal.
  • the moving masking boards 12' 12" are mounted on a common carrier 13 and form a unit.
  • Each masking board is rectangular and the rectangular masking boards are diametrically opposite each other, with one corner of one board being connected to one corner of the other board, the upper edge of board 12' and the lower edge of board 12" extending in a straight line passing through the connected corners.
  • the two boards need not form a unit but may be mounted side by side on carriers l3, 13'', the horizontally extending upper edge of one board in all embodiments facing towards the horizontally extending lower edge of the other board.
  • upward movement of the masking boards during track levelling will cause the one masking board gradually to mask the portion of the beam associated with the one receiver while the other masking board will gradually move out of the path of the portion of the beam associated with the other receiver.
  • the cross level of the track may be controlled by mounting crossbeam 16 on the carrier 13, for instance, a pendulum or level 17 on the crossbeam indicating the superelevation of the track.
  • the double receivers and double-masking boards arrangement of this invention may be used advantageously in connection with a variety of reference systems, some examples being illustrated in FIGS. 2a-c and described hereinbelow.
  • FIGS. 2a-c are top views of a machine as shown in side view in FIG. 1.
  • a single beam 9 is used vertically above track rail 6, which is the grade rail.
  • track rail 6 which is the grade rail.
  • the other rail 6 is adjusted by means of the cross level or pendulum 17, as also shown in FIG. 3, the original track position being shown in FIG. 3 by the chain-dotted lines indicating the level of tie 8 and rails 6, 6', the track position after lifting of grade rail 6 being shown in full lines, and the final position of the track being shown in broken lines, this final position being reached after rail 6' has been lifted under the control of the superelevation control device 17.
  • FIG. 2b shows the use of two reference beams 9 and 9' respectively with rails 6 and 6.
  • an additional transmitter 11' is mounted vertically above rail 6 and a pair of receivers are associated with the additional transmitter, additional masking board means of the same type as used, in connection with beam 9 provided for beam 9'.
  • the superelevation control device 17 may be eliminated or used only as as an extra control.
  • a single transmitter 11'' is mounted on front buggy 10 but emits a broad beam constituting a reference plane 9" which extends across the width of the track and thus is received by both pairs of receivers mounted above each rail.
  • this single transmitter is mounted centrally between the rails but, if desired, it could be mounted above either rail, with its wide beam focused so that it is received by the pairs of receivers above both rails.
  • the operation of the double-masking board arrangement remains unchanged and will be explained more fully hcreinbelow, the photocells of the receivers 14, 14" being shown circular to receive the beam 9 and/or 9' of circular cross section, the axis of each beam and the center of each pair of receivers associated with the beam being coaxial.
  • Fig. 3 shows the original position of the masking boards l2, 12" before levelling in chain-dotted lines.
  • the masking boards which are supported on the rail 6 by the carrier rod 13 running on the rail by means ofa roller, indicate the need for lifting the rail 6 to level the track, the desired level being reached when the upper edge of board 12' and the lower edge of board 12", which are in alignment, lie in horizontal plane 0-0, which passes through the axes of the receivers 14, 14".
  • the moving masking board 12 and the fixed masking board 15 completely mask the photocell of receiver 14'.
  • the photocell of receiver 14" is laid free by the upward move of board 12 and receives the beam below the lower edge of board 12 and above the upper edge of fixed board 15''. This causes a pulse to be produced by receiver 14" to constitute a control signal for operation of the lifting motor 5. Since the photocell of the receiver indicates the in tensity of the received beam, the amount of the excess lift or the desired return stroke of the lifting motor are a direct function of the metered intensity and may be used to brake or stop the operation of the motor during the upward lift.
  • the control signal emitted from receiver 14 when its photocell receives the beam may be a pulse which controls the pressure in the cylinder chambers of motor 5, thus braking, stopping or reversing the lifting stroke.
  • the superelevation control device 17 may be used to level rail 6, it being within the scope of the present invention to use as device 17 to emit a control signal similar to the control signals emitted by receivers l4, 14" to operate hydraulic motor 5' in a manner similar to the controlled operation of motor 5.
  • the fixed mask ing boards 15', 15" may be omitted since the intensity will change as a consequence of the relative vertical position of the masking board edges in respect of the photocells of the receivers.
  • FIGS. 4 to 6 show the latter arrangement without fixed masking boards.
  • the chain-dotted lines indicate The position of the double-masking boards 12', 12 when the rail is spaced a vertical distance f from the reference plane 0-0.
  • the photocell of receiver I4" is fully masked by board 12" while the photocell of receiver 14' receives the full intensity of the beam since the upper edge of board 12' is below the cell.
  • the difference between the beam intensities received by the two receivers is at a maximum, the highest intensity being received by receiver 14 and no beam intensity at all being measured at receiver 14".
  • the ratio of the two intensities i.e.
  • the difference between the intensities is used to produce a potential which operates the hydraulic fluid flow to the hydraulic motor so that the motor lifts the rail clamps and, with it, the rail, the rapidity of the lifting stroke, i.e. the hydraulic pressure in the motor, varying in direct proportion to the difference of the measured intensities at the receivers.
  • the rapidity of the lifting stroke i.e. the hydraulic pressure in the motor
  • the double-masking board first assumes the position shown in FIG. 5, wherein receiver 14 receives only about 80 percent of the entire beam energy while receiver 14" already receives percent of this energy, i.e. the difference of the received beam intensities has been reduced, the potential produced by this measured difference has been correspondingly reduced and the lifting is slowed down.
  • This slowdown is produced simply by controlling the hydraulic fluid flow by this control potential so that the pressure difference in the two cylinder chambers of the motor rises and falls in the same proportion as the intensity difference at the beam receivers.
  • FIGS. 6 and 6a show the position reached when the desired rail level has been attained. In this position, both photocells receive the same beam intensity i.e. each 50 percent the difference between the intensities is 0, the pressure difference in the motor cylinder chambers is correspondingly 0, and lifting ceases.
  • the pressure measurement in the motor cylinder chambers must take into consideration that the fluid in one chamber exerts its pressure upon the entire face of the piston while the pressure face on the lower side of the piston, which faces into the other chamber, is reduced by the attachment of the piston rod to this lower side.
  • receivers 14', 14 are provided with beam intensity meters, excess lifting will hardly ever occur since the gradually reduced beam intensity difference measured at the two receivers will automatically and correspondingly reduce the upward movement of the rail clamps operated by the hydraulic motor which is controlled by a control signal proportional to this beam intensity difference. However, if such excess lifting should occur, for instance by a vertical distance Af, as shown in FlG. 4.
  • the receiver 14 will receive less than 50 percent i.e. 30 percent of the beam intensity while receiver 14 receives 70 percent thereof.
  • This reversal will cause a corresponding reversal in the fluid pressures in the two hydraulic cylinder chambers, the upper chamber receiving a higher pressure than the lower chamber, which will cause the motor to press the rail-engaging roller clamps down so as to depress the rail again until the desired level has been reached, which is indicated by a zero differential between the received beam intensities at the two receivers.
  • a mobile track tamping and levelling machine mounted on the track rails for movement in a working direction, comprising a reference system for detecting and controlling the level of the track, said system including beam transmitting and receiving means, said means being spaced in the direction of track elongation, and a beam transmitted by the transmitting means and received by the receiving means, the axis of said beam constituting a reference line, and further including a masking board means supported on a track section to be levelled and vertically moving therewith during levelling into the path of the beam and masking the same; and a fluid pressure operated track-lifting means mounted in the range of the masking board means, the improvement of the pair of horizontally adjacent beam receivers being provided for each beam transmitter, said pair of receivers being associated with one of the track rails; and said masking boards means including a pair of masking boards, each of said masking boards being as-- sociated with one receiver for masking a portion of the beam, one of said masking boards having a horizontally extending upper edge and the
  • sald beam receivers being mounted rearwardly of the beam transmitter in the working direction of the machine.
  • said masking board means being arranged considerably closer to the beam receivers than the beam transmitter.
  • control signals produce a common control pulse which depends on the ratio of intensities of the beam portions received by the receivers.
  • a hydraulic motor operates the track-lifting means, the motor including a cylinder and a piston glidably mounted therein, the piston dividing the cylinder interior into two chambers, at least one of which receives hydraulic fluid, and the control signals being arranged to control the flow of the hydraulic fluid into the cylinder chamber.
  • a common carrier for said pair of masking boards whereby they form a masking board unit, and means for supporting the common carrier on the track rail with which the unit is associated.
  • each masking board being rectangular, and the rectangular masking boards being diametrically opposite each other, with one corner of one board being connected to one comer of the other board, the upper edge of one of the boards and the lower edge of the other board extending in a straight line passing through the connected comers.
  • a pair of fixed masking boards complementary to the moving masking boards and arranged to mask that portion of the receivers which is not masked by the moving masking B3255 when they are in the position indicating the desired level.

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